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Re:World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthroug... by msrenee on Friday April 21, 2023 @10:00AM (#35653866)
We're already looking at the human cost of some of the components needed for the batteries, like lithium and cobalt. That's what we'll be fighting wars over after we exhaust the supply of oil.
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Re:World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthroug... by rootusrootus on Friday April 21, 2023 @11:22AM (#35655116)
Lithium is considerably more ubiquitous than crude oil, however. And cobalt in batteries is already on the decline, we won't be using it much longer. Heck, most EVs sold today don't use any cobalt at all.
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Re:World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthroug... by iknowstuff on Friday April 21, 2023 @03:29PM (#35658815)
And its recyclable
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